We
see side of the church when Jason is called by the Reverend Steve Newlin
to do some carpentry work (on a platform he is building to sacrifice a
vampire).

Later,
we see the interior, when Newlin and his wife take Sookie on a tour of
the church. She is planning to infiltrate the church to find out the location
of the missing Godric, but Steve Newlin has found out in advance, and locks
her in the basement.

Sarah
Newlin, the reverend's wife, seduces Jason, and they have sex in the church.

And
finally, the church is the scene of the final showdown between the Fellowship
and the vampires. Newlin manages to capture Eric and ties him to an altar
(with silver chains), when he is rescued by a paint gun-wielding Jason.

The
dangerous Dallas vampires then invade the church, but they are prevented
from slaughtering the Fellowship members when Godric intervenes.

Whittier
(the home town of Richard Nixon) is about 15 miles east of downtown Los
Angeles.

You'll
find the park just east of the 605 Freeway. Take the Rose Hills Road exit,
then follow Workman Mill Road to the park's main entrance. But the
chapel is located atop a hill on the other side of the large park, so you'll
have to follow the main road southeast just over a mile until you come
to the church.

Update:
I just found out that there is a virtually identical chapel
in the Dallas area! And it was designed by the same architect who
designed the Skyrose Chapel. It's called the Marty Leonard Chapel,
and is located in Fort Worth. There are a few minor differences (enough
to verify that they did indeed film at the SkyRose), but the similarity
is amazing. You can see photos of the Dallas Chapel here.

I'm
not sure if it's just a coincidence (that the Fellowship chapel was supposed
to be in Dallas), or if the producers were aware of the duplicate in L.A.
and chose it because it resembled the Dallas chapel.

A
fan, Aimee,
brought the Dallas chapel to my attention - it turns out that she was married
there. (Thanks, Aimee!)

[
I also found out that the same L.A. chapel was used in the new Star
Trek movie, in a scene where young Spock addresses the Vulcan Council.
]

Q.
How the heck did you figure out where it was?

A.
As anyone familiar with my larger, Seeing-Stars.com
website knows, I have a large section
devoted to the final resting places of the stars. Doing the research for
that chapter required me to visit all of major cemeteries in the L.A. area,
including Rose Hills. So I recognized the church when I saw it in the episode.

There
aren't many big stars buried at Rose Hills, but it certainly is a beautiful
park. And the name is very appropriate. Not only is it situated in
the hills, but the park does have some spectacular rose gardens
(in season) - if flowers are your thing. You'll find the rose garden
at the main entrance on Workman Mill Road.

I'm
told that the park wasn't originally named "Rose Hills". It
started out as Whittier Heights Cemetery. In the 1950's, they held
a contest to rename it, and the young lady who won the contest was
inspired by the fact that hills frequently had a "rosy glow" in the
morning. (Thanks, Bob.)

Likewise, it turns out that there are at least five graves at Rose Hills with the family name of Trueblood. Seriously.
(That sounded too good to be true, at first, so I double-checked. It's true.)